Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Alex Smith <> | Subject | [PATCH] x86, doc: Remove cmdline_size from list of fields to be filled in for EFI handover | Date | Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:14:09 +0000 |
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The cmdline_size field in setup_header is listed as read-only, and is never read by the kernel. Therefore, there is no need for it to be set by a boot loader implementing the EFI handover protocol, so remove it from the list of fields required to be set by a boot loader.
Signed-off-by: Alex Smith <alex@alex-smith.me.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index a75e3ad..2685581 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -1118,7 +1118,6 @@ The boot loader *must* fill out the following fields in bp, o hdr.code32_start o hdr.cmd_line_ptr - o hdr.cmdline_size o hdr.ramdisk_image (if applicable) o hdr.ramdisk_size (if applicable) -- 2.3.1
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